Larry Summers to Leave White House

By Joshua Green

Earlier this year, I wrote a post titled "Yes, Larry Summers is Leaving" about why I thought Summers would not be long for this administration. Some folks in a large white building nearby were very unhappy and insisted I was wrong. Now Bloomberg is reporting that Summers is, in fact, leaving. Here's what I wrote:

One angle in my recent
profile
of Tim Geithner concerned his relationship with Larry Summers, his
former
mentor and the director of the National Economic Council. I contend that
Geithner, not Summers, has emerged as Obama's key adviser on financial
matters, and that Summers isn't happy about it. (Not everybody was
convinced.) Since my piece appeared, the buzz that Summers is
looking to
leave--or is being pushed out--has picked up. Earlier today, my
colleague Marc Ambinder wrote
about this, defending Summers against
his critics while leaving open the possibility that he may, indeed,
leave. My own view is a bit less sanguine. I think Summers is going to
leave sooner rather than later, possibly
before the mid-term elections, and if not then, soon afterward.